Local notes recount weddings travel and visits
Miss Lucile Tynseling of Knoxville visits relatives in town while Rev Hey Shutt of Creston conducts business and social calls. Miss Inez Robertus returns from Des Moines. Mrs J H Young and three Ames grandchildren head to Marysville. A Ver Ploeg of the canning plant returns from Atlantic on business. John Vander Linden attends his sister Margaret's wedding to Dr James T. McCracken. Maude Price, twelve, is back to normal after illness. Wormhoudts from Newton and Kahoka visit South Pella. Epworth League hosts Keables Fountain event on Saturday. Henry De Wild and two daughters, plus J Den Berger, depart for Iowa Falls. Alice Wagener studies Northwestern Purity Association aims in Pella but fails to organize. C De Raad and ailing spouse moved to Marion county infirmary Knoxville. James M O'Kirkwood examined sane after insanity hearing. Deputy Cronkhite and B H Flanagan escort to Mr Pleasant. A C Van Houweling proposes monthly driver training days to ease automoble fright for horses.
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J. H. Young
Ames
Marysville
Dump Wormhoudt
Newton
E D. Wormhoudt
Kahoka
Pella
H. Wormhoudt
Henry de Wild
J. den Berger
Iowa Falls
G. G. Thomassen
South Pella
Alice Wagener
Northwestern Purity Association
LaCrosse
Wis
Leon
Closing Celebration Ed Thompson a Sioux City Citizen
A fragment notes Ed Thompson of Sioux City as a citizen in a closing celebration entry, mentioning Noodbury county in unclear context. The readable text is sparse and provides limited concrete details beyond names and place references.
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Thompson
Sioux City
Noodbury
Mosquito Swarm Halts Minneapolis-St Louis Train
A swarm of millions of mosquitoes stalled a Minneapolis and St Louis train near Badgley for two hours. Open windows amid hot weather let the pests flood into cars, injuring passengers while they fought back with handkerchiefs and fires to create a smudge that drove the insects from the coaches.
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Des
Moines
Minneapolis
St Louis
Badgley
Weather Crop Bulletin Des Moines July 15
The past week brought near normal temperatures with usual sunshine. Heavy showers occurred at several stations on July 9, 11, 14, and 15, causing considerable flood and soil erosion damage. Most districts saw 2 to 7 inches of rain, field work favorable three to four days, and progress in harvesting hay and cultivating corn. Oats show rank growth in the south. rust damage possible. Hay prospects near normal. pasturage excellent midseason. Potatoes and garden crops favorable. Des Moines, July 15.
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Gth
Des Moines
The Man Who Pays One Distillery in Kentucky
A Kentucky distillery turns out 1,208 barrels of sweet mash whiskey weekly and 42,400 barrels yearly. The producer’s cost tops $374,000 with wholesalers’ profit of $1 to $2 per barrel. Government taxes and local fees reveal the burden on the bar, totaling $24,791,678 after transport and expenses, ending with the man paying and returning home.
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Kentucky
Pella Repeals Speed Ordinance Replacing it with New Limit
City of Pella Iowa repeals Ordinance No. 68 and enacts a substitute regulation setting a maximum speed of one mile in six minutes within city limits and prohibiting careless driving that endangers life limb or property, outlining violation terms under the new ordinance.
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City OF
Pella
Iowa
Willed Away The Laundry In A Will
A Baltimore American tale recalls a laundress named Susan who vanished to Pennsylvania after leaving her mistress with the clothes. A messenger reports Susan left a will bequeathing garments to the new bearer and promising continued service, leaving the mistress astonished and speechless.
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Susan
Baltimore American
Canvasser Tries Trollope Pitch on Desk Clerk
A tall canvasser in a faded black suit tests interest in a cheap edition of Anthony Trollope. The desk clerk, absorbed in work, rejects the sales pitch after ten minutes, but the agent reveals the act was a practice run.
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Anthony Trollope
England
Petitions to the Emperor During His Prague Visit
During the emperor's fortnight stay at Hradschin many petitions arrived, often from small children or women seeking money. The emperor remained courteous, frequently ordering the coachmen to stop when a letter fell into the road, and the household chancery began handling the requests.
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Hradschin
Nation of shopkeepers and national possessions cited
The text depicts a satirical view of commerce replacing reverence for national heirlooms. It notes Napoleon’s caution with voice and a royal official, then mocks a mercantile mindset that would sell the Great Seal, Shakespeare folios, and Reynolds portraits to foreign buyers for money, likening Britain to a buyable nation.
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Napoleon
London Saturday Review
Pierpont Moreas
Walton
Reynolds
Romney
Charles Surface
Her Favorite Color Exchange at Schoolyard
Margaret and Elizabeth stroll home from school when Elizabeth asks about favorite colors. Margaret pauses then exclaims with childlike certainty that her favorite color is paid, a playful twist reflecting the era’s playful diction and whimsy in young conversation.
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Margaret
Elizabeth
Plea in the court before sentence pronouncement
In Harper's Weekly a judge prisoner exchange arises as the youthfulness of any attorney is pleaded. A Euclid Avenue photographer discusses the demand that a foreigner be shown with full facial features and limbs, noting a complete family group was needed for a proper picture to avoid misperceptions abroad.
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Hila
Harper’s Weekly
Euclid- Avenue
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Little Tommy in Sunday School Anger Over Pants
A child in Sunday school refuses to be an angel because he would have to give up his new trousers. The teacher asks why not and he explains he does not want to part with his new pants for angelic status.
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Tommy
Time to Move
A fragmentary exchange features Mr Braylate praising new songs and Miss Patience Gonne asking about a new march song. The dialogue hints at excitement for fresh music and a desire to hear or perform it.
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Mr. Braylate
Miss
Patience Gonne
Blaine and the Bore Chore to Meet at 10 Sharp
James G. Blaine then secretary of state declined a visitor but set a precise 10 o clock appointment to show punctuality. The bore agreed and Blaine noted the exact minute to ensure he could avoid the interview by leaving promptly.
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James G. Blaine
Blaine
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Blaine
Bore
William BE. Chandler
Medical Civil Service Proposal Advocated by London Hospital
The London Hospital urges a civil service for medicine to ensure treatment of disease and relief of suffering across all social and financial standings. Current practice conditions hinder this aim, and a civil service is seen as best for public interest and for doctors, with humanitarian value and economic benefits cited as key reasons.
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Medical Civil Service
London Hoaspital
Reporter Seeks Scoop From Rising Writer In Garden
A reporter travels long distance to interview a promising author about his next novel. In the garden the writer talks with a boy wearing a towel as a cape. The author jokes about the bowl idea and asks for advice, noting his mother usually cuts it before.
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Wille
Mechanic notes on ship propulsion and lifeboat rowing gear
The fragmented text describes a motor and lifeboats with arms and oars, noting seven oars and additional steering oar. It references a four cylinder engine and propulsion push, but details are incomplete and unclear.
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Knoxville
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Shutt
Creston
Inez
Robertus
Res ‘Moines
Epworth League
Keables’ Fountain
C. de Raad
Pelia
Marion County Infirmary
Lake Prairie Township
Chas. Porter
Frank Hugens
James.m.o’kirkwood
Otley
Honnold
Insanity Board
Cronkhite
B. H. Flanagan
Mr. Pleasant
Knoxville Express
A. C. van -Houweling
Chaffeurs
Teame
Business
Merchang
Chronicle
Blaine and
the Bore
Sansa
Cottaie'Co
Nas ‘Syste
WEST
Nogor
J. M. Cox
Kener
Latigerak
Lippincott
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